Matt Ellerbeck--a snake expert, advocate and conservationist based in Kingston, Canada--discusses how a childhood fascination became, in his case, an adult passion and occupation, having now given countless presentations on snakes and snake issues and written a...
Stacey Thomas and Sue Roenbeck--founders of Healing Animals with Love Organization (H.A.L.O.), a St. Petersburg, FL-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to create an ongoing network of medical care providers, rescue and other services and various resources...
Sue Pike--a Reiki Master, Intuitive Healer and Medium...and, more directly relevant for our purposes, an Animal Communicator, who heals and communicates with animals--discusses her background and path toward the healing arts, including the evolution of her work as...
Hello. As you may know, in addition to "Talking Animals," I host another program at WMNF, an afternoon-drive music show on Wednesdays called the "Sonic Detour." On the June 24 edition, I presented a "Talking Animals"-oriented version of the "Sonic Detour," which...
Jose Sanchez--a naturalist trained in marine biology and an expert on the so-called "friendly whales" of San Ignacio Lagoon in the Baja California region of Mexico--discusses his own background and relevant history of San Ignacio Lagoon (including that whaling was...
There was no "Talking Animals" broadcast on this day because it was pre-empted by WMNF's Fall Fund Drive, March 25-April 1. A huge, heartfelt "thank you" to all those who donated or otherwise supported the program--and the...
Captain Paul Watson--a co-founder of Greenpeace who went on to found the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977, his lifelong activism as a defender of all creatures of the sea has been recognized globally; for instance, Time magazine in 2000 named him one of...
There was no "Talking Animals" broadcasts on these days because they were both pre-empted by WMNF's Fall Fund Drive, October 1-8. A huge, heartfelt "thank you" to all those who donated or otherwise supported the program--and the...
Amy Shever--founder and director of 2nd Chance 4 Pets, an animal welfare organization that seeks to reduce the number of family pets unnecessarily euthanized due to the death or incapacity of their human companions--discusses her extensive animal shelter experience...
Comedian Margaret Cho--who's not only a vocal activist in the areas of gay rights and women's rights, but also passionate about animal rights and animal rescue--discusses the newest rescue dog to join the Cho household (and how this tiny, new member has affected...
